Description
Juan Manuel Cañizares, a Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer, stands alongside global stars such as Paco de Lucia, Peter Gabriel, Al Di Meola, and others. The performer is the first and only flamenco guitarist to be invited to play with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Sir Simon Rattle).
J.M. Cañizares’s career spans more than four decades. He collaborates with world-renowned orchestras, including the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Spanish National Orchestra and Choir, and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, among others. J.M. Cañizares has won many prestigious awards—the Premio Nacional de Guitarra (1982), the Premio de la Música (2008), and the Premio Flamenco Hoy (2000, 2011, 2013). The guitarist has collaborated closely with Paco de Lucía, and has also worked with many other widely acclaimed artists: Enrique Morente, Camarón de la Isla, Serrat, Alejandro Sanz, Mauricio Sotelo, Leo Brouwer, John Paul Jones, and Peter Gabriel.
As a composer, J.M. Cañizares has worked with the Spanish National Ballet, and created soundtracks for the films “La Lola se va los Puertos” (starring Rocío Jurado and Paco Rabal), “Flamenco,” and “La Jota” (directed by Carlo Saura). The musician has contributed to the creation of more than 100 albums and has released 14 albums featuring himself as the main composer or performer. Also noteworthy is the world premiere of the flamenco concerto “Al-Andalus” for guitar and orchestra. “Al-Andalus” is a work dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía, presented at the Auditorio Nacional de Música concert hall in Madrid. This work was commissioned by the Spanish National Orchestra and Choir (OCNE) and performed under the direction of Josep Pons. According to the renowned composer and critic Tomás Marco, the piece was received with thunderous applause.
J.M. Cañizares not only performs, but also teaches and researches flamenco. Since 2003, he has been teaching at the prestigious Catalonia College of Music, “Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya” (ESMUC), and leading masterclasses both in Spain and abroad.
Viktoras Paukštelis is often described as an artist of a unique nature, presenting audiences with a beautiful union of his two talents: painting and playing the piano. For this artist, music and fine art are two intertwining and complementary components: the unpolished impulsiveness of his painting adds an experimental courage on stage, while his visual work with colors to create form becomes a sense of hearing, carried effortlessly into the realm of pianism. On the classical stage, such a synthesis of two artistic branches has no equal.
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) – “French Suite” No. 5 in G major
Performed by: Viktoras Paukštelis
Juan Manuel Cañizares – Añorando el Presente
Enrique Granados – Andaluza
Joaquín Rodrigo – Aranjuez ma Pensèe
Juan Manuel Cañizares – Imagen
Juan Manuel Cañizares – Mozárabe
Juan Manuel Cañizares – El Abismo
Performed by: Juan Manuel Cañizares
Juan Manuel Cañizares – Suite for guitar and piano “Las Lunas de Madrid”
Luna de la Esperanza
Luna del Desco
Luna de la Nostalgia
Luna de la Alegria
Performed by: Juan Manuel Cañizares, Viktoras Paukštelis
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